Nintendo Switch

Crossing for the Cruis'n games. We got a port of Blast, why not bring in USA, World & Exotica too?

I miss Goemon.

I remember back when I had the N64, I didn't have a memory pak for it, so I couldn't save my data. This basically meant that when I wanted to play, I had to leave the system on day and night and only play that game... but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

I really miss it. It had such a fantastic soundtrack.

Damn, Iggy's Reckin' Balls is a name I haven't thought about in, like, a decade. Getting beloved classics is cool, but it's the deep cuts that I appreciate the most from these updates.

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition rated by the ESRB.

Huh, so that's what Pyoro was hinting at! Something similar to NES Remix.

Isn't that thing absurdly rare? IIRC James Rolfe did a video on it.

Think the last thing Nintendo World Championship we have ever gotten was back in 2017.

And anyone remember the Championship mode in NES Remix 2 and Ulimate NES Remix?

Wait isn't this just NES Remix?

Right, there's only around ~90 of the regular cartridges and ~25 of the gold ones (all of which were participation or giveaway prizes). I don't think it's the rarest game out there, but it's among them and usually upheld as the holy grail of collecting Nintendo games.

Edited by NesClassic on May 3rd 2024 at 9:29:09 AM

I have the feeling that this is probably a new game, not a port or remake of an old one. The ESRB's description makes it sound that way. It even describes the use of swords and arrows, which sounds like NES Zelda 1 is part of the collection. And that game wasn't part of the original cartridge!

So what would a Zelda 1 challenge be?

5 rooms of Blue Darknuts and Blue Wizzrobes with just the wooden sword.

Finding your way without a strategy guide

The NES Remix games were a neat idea. Glad to see Nintendo seems to he continuing with that.

Hopefully we get an SNES version, too.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is free for Nintendo Switch Online members until May 9th.

Oh neat.

I own it already. But neat.

Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush (Rainbow Curse in NA) and Fullblox (Pushmo) have been trademarked in Australia.

My only idea on bringing Pushmo to Switch would be a compilation of all three games + Pushmo World all in one package, all in the graphics style of Pushmo World.

Me when I learned that we are getting Switch ports of the remake versions of the first three Neptunia games the same week as Thousand Year Door:

EDIT: Next gen announcement this fiscal year, next general Direct in June, but with no next gen info.

The Switch is at 141. 32 million sold with 1.23582 billion units in software sold.

Top 10:

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 61.97
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons 45.36
3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 34.22
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 31.85
5. Super Mario Odyssey 27.96
6. Pokemon Sword/Pokemon Shield 26.27
7. Pokemon Scarlet/Pokemon Violet 24.92
8. Super Mario Party 20.66
9. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 20.66
10. New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe 17.45

Million Sellers:^legendnumbers without parentheses are lifetime, with are this year only; missing number equals either lifetime in top 10 list or game just came out this year

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Super Mario Bros Wonder 13.44
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (8.18)
• Nintendo Switch Sports 13.11 (3.51)
• Pikmin 4 3.48
• Super Mario RPG 3.31
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3.15)
• Super Smash Bros Ultimate (3.13)
• Pokemon Scarlet/Pokemon Violet (2.82)
• Mario Party Superstars 12.89 (2.72)
• Super Mario Odyssey 2.2
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury 13.47 (2.1)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2.04)
• New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe (2.04)
• Super Mario Party (1.52)
• Luigi's Mansion 3 14.25 (1.42)
• Splatoon 3 11.96 (1.29)
• Princess Peach: Showtime! 1.22
• Mario vs Donkey Kong 1.12
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land 7.52 (1.06)

Edited by tclittle on May 7th 2024 at 2:00:43 PM

It's going to be an interesting Direct for sure.

I'm expecting mostly ports again or stuff that's been finished for a while.

I doubt they would want to release anything too major and have people asking why isn't it on the Switch 2?

Re: June Direct

Add DLC for existing Switch games to that list. Are there any likely candidates for either paid expansions or mention-worthy free updates? *speculation hat on* How about bonus levels, a wonderflower level in Princess Peach Showtime and a costume level in Super Mario Bros Wonder?

Re: next console

Nintendo's communication of "announce that there will be a console announcement later this fiscal year" has the same energy as couples who talk routinely and rationally about their plans for the future to then have an emotional marriage proposal as a "surprise" (which is actually a smart thing to do, because real life doesn't work like a romance novel).

What do we expect from Nintendo, both from their continued communication about the next console, and from the system itself? I know a lot of Nintendo fans hope for more hardware power and support for grown-up capital-g Gamer games, but Nintendo probably still sees their consumer base as at least partially consisting of families with younger kids and otherwise more casual gamers who don't want to pay an exorbitant amount of money for the new system.

How does TV Tropes handle new console release cycles? *baby troper questions* Will there be a new forum thread? A new page in the Platform namespace? Do we wait for that until we have a name (or at least a code name) for the new system?

In regards to the hardware numbers: Nintendo actually surpassed their forecasted sales for the fiscal year by a few hundred thousand, even after bumping it up from 15 million to 15.5 million.

I am super curious about their projected sales for the new fiscal year: 13.5 million units. If they manage to hit that, it will squeeze past the Nintendo DS to be Nintendo's best-selling console and be within 5-6 million units of surpassing the PS2 to be the most successful console ever.

I have no idea how they're going to pull it off though. On top of whatever software is releasing in the back end of the year, I feel like they need to do something hardware-wise to hit that target: either a price drop or a new model.

Edited by RacattackForce on May 7th 2024 at 11:34:00 AM

With the successor likely coming by March at the earliest, a new model is unlikely. Price cuts seem like the most obvious choice, especially since the holiday season is likely going to be undercut by everyone saving up for the successor.

Outside of that, the only thing that could make the holiday season better is a possible Pokemon remake in the works for the holiday.